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August 7, 2026August 7, 2026

Episode 0544

8/6/2026 – A Bold Moose – Episode 0544

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show: Sim Labs DDS wheelbase reviews are in, could you be an iRacing ambassador?, MOZA haptics, another hardware acquisition, which car have they given up on?, the growth of sim to reality, and is it really iRacing’s fault?

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Topics

iRacing Wants You

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/98764/looking-for-iracing-campus-ambassadors

iRacing Career Stats

https://stats4i.racing/sign-in

iRacing’s Fault?

2028 INDYCAR

Sim To Reality

Markham GP Virtual Lap

Bathurst Jump

Third Time Is The Charm

Race Cast

https://ewsimracing.gg

What Is Your Setup?

Have They Given Up?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/829375#Comment_829375

Washington DC Track Sim Laps

A Weapon

More Qualifying Scrutiny Needed

Hold On

2026 Sim Gaming Expo

September 18 – 20, 2026

Time attack will begin on July 27th and end on August 10th.

Knoxville Nationals

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/98227/iracing-presents-2026-knoxville-nationals

IMSA Esports Global Qualifying

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-august-4th-to-august-10th-2026

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Fantasy

Hardware/Software

Chad McNeese’s Ultimate Hardware Spreadsheet

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1i08zKjBSmSn5G_mCc9cHx07w7XLo03sfoytpVJkqbYk/edit?usp=sharing

Microsoft Up To It Again

https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/07/29/windows-11-is-quietly-installing-onedrive-photos-another-image-viewer-that-nobody-asked-for

The Reviews Are In

Free iRacing Telemetry Tool

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/98622/rawlane-free-telemetry-debrief-that-tells-you-which-corner-cost-you-the-time

Summer Sale

Active Dual Mode

MOZA Haptics Unboxing

Just Put Shoes On

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1807294074/heel-pad-for-sim-racing-pedal-sets

Corsair Purchases TrakRacer

https://traxion.gg/trak-racer-purchased-by-fanatecs-owners-corsair

More Summer Sales

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Wednesday Open -NiS – Iowa

Mike- P wrecked out kind of fast car they got tagged from behind ones put to the back drove back up and then I had speeding on Pitt Road drove back up and then finally got involved in some heavy wrecks multiple times and parked it.
Justin – P2, passed on the last lap by fresh tires
Tony -P wrecked out early
Kyle – P14 Battled for the lead for 20 plus laps midway through and was looking like a top 5 finish until I snapped loose in a run and nosed the outside wall giving me wheel damage. 20ish to go and the meatball appears, I need a Right Front tire. Pit under green went one lap down and knew the car wasn’t going to last and I would just bleed spots. Get more than half of the damage fixed to at least salvage some RF tire wear. Just ran the car to its limits and brought home a P14.
Chris – P wrecked out
David – P3, was about a 10th place car, we finished with a 85 lap run and i stretched the tires out. The winner passed me and justin on the last few laps none of the others that pitted caught us. I finished with 3 percent left on both right side tires.

Thursday Open -NiS – Iowa

Tony – P2 Had a super fast Premier racing set. Lead laps. Got caught in 2 wrecks in front me me which i got both 3 &4 minute damages fixed and made it back to front 3 times. Also self spun like i did Wednesday night in-between the wrecks. Had a fast charged with 10 to go restarted 8th to 1st but Sara had fresher tires and more aggressive will than me split me and 2nd place on the white. Im sick of finishing 2nd in the last 2 months

Official Series

Ring Meister

Mike- radical SR eight. Started P2 got to P4 about a half lap in, but then a guy spun and wrecked me. I lost the nose and then I wrecked out shortly after.
- Started on the pole. Spun twice out of the lead on my own and then spent a third time eventually finish the race P4.
- Started on pole position. Kept it clean this race me and another guy got away from the rest. He was fast. I couldn’t shake him. He got the lead from me a couple times I made some bold moose to get it back at the end on the final run to the checker side-by-side, I break deeper than him and took it winner winner chicken dinner number 158 so satisfying.

League / Hosted Races

Elbows Out Racing League (LMP2 and GT3 Wednesday Nights)

William- P4 – Fuji – Only race I’ll get to do this week because of work. Weather showed no rain but apparently it rained 5 hours before the race and the track was still wet, but dry enough for dry tires. Qualifying was awful, car wouldn’t turn in sector 3. Started 10th and drove through the field. Was third with about 10 laps to go when I got drove through by an LMP2 in T1. This let Weaver get around me, and would go on to finish 4th.

Final Thoughts

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A Bold Moose

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July 31, 2026July 31, 2026

Episode 0543

7/30/2026 – Toot Your Own Horn – Episode 0543

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show: The Lounge takes over Sim Gaming Expo’s Twitch, does iTested have a problem?, MOZA motion has arrived, 7-Time talks about sim racing, what is BDH announcing?, a special event blackout? and 50 DAYS UNTIL THE SIM GAMING EXPO!

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Topics

NASCAR 26 Pre-Order

No Special Event Love

Do You Remember?

SimOS Hub-Racing

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/simos-hub-racing-companion/id6756025064

Smurfing?

iTested Has A problem

Name That Track

Where Should New Drivers Start?

The Importance Of Sim Racing

Sim1 Racing Drone Tour

Is An Offline Only Subscription A Good Idea?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/98063/the-case-for-an-offline-ai-only-subscription-tier

Are Expos Worth It?

Why?

2026 Sim Gaming Expo

September 18 – 20, 2026

Time attack will begin on July 27th and end on August 10th.

Knoxville Nationals

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/98227/iracing-presents-2026-knoxville-nationals

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-july-28th-to-august-3rd-2026

Podcast Housekeeping

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Hardware/Software

Chad McNeese’s Ultimate Hardware Spreadsheet

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1i08zKjBSmSn5G_mCc9cHx07w7XLo03sfoytpVJkqbYk/edit?usp=sharing

MOZA Announcement

Earned A Permanent Spot

Mike, Open The Check Book

https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/alphacool-12v-motorcycle-circulatory-cooling-vest-system

Too Much?

Pre-Orders Open Soon

BDH Announcement

Sim Worx Pedal V3.2

MOZA Motion Has Arrived

https://us.mozaracing.com/pages/hma150

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – NiS – Indy

Mike- P2- got to the lead around about 50 had a really fast car ran top tour three basically the rest of the race twice the leader would get away from me. I could stay with him for a little bit, but then he would gap me and he was just fast and there was no way I would beat him, but I was the best of the rest and have stopped the bleeding and finally got a good finish P2.
David – P 21, finished with damage, taken out by a new member of the red card club
Chris – P got wrecked on the Green white checker
Tom – PP23. Spun getting onto pit road on what should have been my last stop. Than got caught up in junk. One more try Sunday
Steven – P wrecked out early
Kyle – P10 Wow what a race. Started P12 and just put the car up in the top 5 most of the race. Midway, fell back to 14th after pitting. Through strategy I took the lead and led for a total of 25 laps until what was going to be the race winner takes control. Final restart with 12 to go the leader spun in turn 1 and I couldn’t miss him and ended up with the lead but with wheel damage and I just was hoping for a string of yellows to get me to a win at my home track but fell short when I lost the grip in the front tires.

Sunday Open- NiS – Indy

David – P wrecked out at end, was in a good place but late caution came out killed my strategy, and got swallowed up on the last run and self spun

Official Series

6hr of Road America

David, Tom, and the Paddock – p2. Stayed out of the garage, but p1 was just a little faster finished 80 seconds in front of us

League / Hosted Races

Hosted-

Ellis – P3 Geoff buyers captain Killum hosted car of tomorrow at Talladega P3

Final Thoughts

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July 24, 2026July 24, 2026

Episode 0542

7/23/2026 -Ex Post Facto – Episode 0542

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show: More Coke Series drama from Indy, did you know iRacing has fantasy cars and tracks?, are $159 loadcell pedals for real?, a SimLab direct drive update, some big updates for the Sim Gaming Expo, a chance to earn the iTested badge and who doesn’t love iRacing emergency downtime?

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Topics

Emergency Downtime

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/98448/july-22nd-downtime-details

Why Bother?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/98049/why-bother-protesting-anymore/p1

2028 IndyCar Test

More Coke Series Fall Out

MASCAR Modified Tackles Mt. Washington

iRacing Fantasy Tracks?

Track Learning

https://www.instagram.com/p/Da_f35ViB-C/?img_index=2

2026 Season 3 Patch 3 Hotfix

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/98401/2026-season-3-patch-3-hotfix-2-release-notes-2026-07-17-01

Rev Zone Washington

iTested Series

https://www.iracing.com/itested-series-coming-this-week-test-our-new-multiclass-start-procedure/

UK’s First Sim Expo

2026 Sim Gaming Expo

September 18 – 20, 2026

Time attack will begin on July 27th and end on August 10th.

Knoxville Nationals

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/98227/iracing-presents-2026-knoxville-nationals

Road America 6 HR

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/98226/2026-iracing-road-america-6-hour

Brickyard 400

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-july-21st-to-july-26th-2026/

Podcast Housekeeping

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Fantasy

Hardware/Software

Chad McNeese’s Ultimate Hardware Spreadsheet

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1i08zKjBSmSn5G_mCc9cHx07w7XLo03sfoytpVJkqbYk/edit?usp=sharing

Need Help In The Dark?

https://www.instagram.com/reels/Da21a4FsckL

Why 32 Inch For Triples?

Loadcells For $159?

P1X Ultimate Review

Two For One

Malware Monitor?

NCRD Sim Racing

https://ncrd.online/collections/sim-racing-accessories

Need A Start Button?

Simagic EVO Ultra

Latest Additions From MOZA

XP1 Or P1000

Sim Lab DDS TorqueSync

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – NiS – North Wilkesboro

Mike- P rough out real early. Somebody checked up in front of me I checked up the car turned left and I hit the inside wall real hard. Seven minutes damaged don’t have the heart to finish. I haven’t finished better than 21st since San Diego.

Sunday Open- NiS – North Wilkesboro

Tony – P5 honestly debated to even run this week from hearing the horror stories of the 20 plus cautions. And total glad I only ran 1. This race had 28 cautions. Thats brutal. Seriously learn how to fn drive a short track its not that hard. Stayed in to p 5 all race. Was battling for 3rd when 3rd doored me with 5 to go and spun me out. Restarted 7th on last the GWC and squeaked out a 5th
Tom – P 17
Kyle – P6 Started P11. This race was crazy. Moved up to 2nd quickly but due to iRacing and the lack of officiating after pitting I got black flagged because cars weren’t in the correct spot when the green came back out. Got trapped a lap down running 16th for what would be our only long run of 53 laps. Finally got my lap back and marched to the front. 2nd to last Restart I fire off with the leader and we run 2 laps side by side until he decides in turn 1 to over drive it and wrecking me. I give him that little tap on the back bumper showing him I am not a fan of his driving. He proceeds on the restart to hang a right hitting me again while also taking himself out. Rule of wrecking someone on purpose is don’t wreck yourself. Serve my penalty on the last restart and finished P6.

Wednesday Open -NiS – Indy

Mike- P DNF had a good car the first run. I was real fast moved up to P2 pretty quick. Write it before halfway I got involved in an incident where I trying to pass on the inside and I wasn’t quite clear and came across the nose of the guy and put myself in the wall from there. I got super tight. It was fading. Hit the wall for wheel damage and decided to park and I didn’t have the heart to run around damaged.
Justin – P Hi, My name is justin, and I won a race but I didn’t take time to put in in results
Tony -P23 3 quarters through the race on a restart got aero loose and put it in the wall ended up 3 laps down
Kyle – P4 Roller coater of a race and dodged wrecks all race long. Got caught up in a few wrecks but was able to get the damage fixed and stay on the lead lap. Setup was extremely fast. Had a winning car but just not the confidence in my car to push it to the limits. Solid P4 at my home track.
Chris – P4 2nd Split. We had 15 cautions but I missed all wrecks and was able to manage tires and my car well. Had a restart with 8 to go and couldn’t catch the leaders. Premier set is flying this week. I’ll take a P4!
David – P8, wasn’t fast, just snuck up to 8th though pit strategy and survival of a few big wrecks

Thursday Open -NiS – Indy

Tony – P2 had a great set from Premier this week. Usual shenanigans and kept it clean. Pitted with 20 to go while top 6 stayed out restarted 7th. Made my way to 2nd with 5 to go and got within .7 of the leader when the white came out. Did push him to slap the wall a few times but also slapped it trying to get him. Man i know its a 2nd but i havent won a NiS in over 4 years 🙁
David – P6 really had trouble making progress when there were short runs and large packs, but long runs could make progress. Really worked the strategy, had a few collisions unavoidable but was always able to fix the damage. Made it through some last lap carnage as well.

Official Series

A Open

Tony – P2 was good on a Monday night A open.

B Open

Kyle P17 Started P7 made it to P5 and a car in front of me on lap 5 over drove 1 and bounced off the outside wall and collected me. Car wasn’t bad until someone 5 seconds later decided to race through the wreck and slammed my ass end. Got the damaged fixed and shortly later I got the lucky dog and when coming through to pass the pace car. A car decides to slam into me and gave me 4 more minutes of damage. Just rode around and collected a P17.

F-4 Fixed.

Mike – spa. started six got the third but then spun and got taken out DNF.
- Mount panorama. Start a 12th out of 15. Big blockage going down the hill couldn’t miss it DNF.
- Then spa qualified fifth out of 22. The third pretty quick held it for a while. I had a self spin but recovered quickly back to sixth and by the end I got back up to third P3 will take the podium.
- Then started third out of 22. Finished P2. Had nothing for the leader.
- Then Watkins Glen started 18th out of 25. Quickly got up to eighth and eventually finish the race P5 great event.

IMSA

William – P12 – Was in this race with Weaver. He qualified P1 and I quali P3. P2 took him out in T1 Lap 1 and I fell to 4th avoiding the wreck. Got back to 2nd with two awesome on track overtakes. Caught back up to P1 but traffic got in the way every time I got close enough to maybe try a move. By 4 laps to go I’d fallen about a second behind P1, and then got ran through by a GTP. Going into carousel I probably didn’t move out enough with a GTP coming up behind me, but he still had a full car width to the inside and 2 to the outside, but instead he chose to just drive straight through me. Meatball with wheel damage, fell to 12th.

League / Hosted Races

Grass Roots Racing

GTP/GT3 League – Road America Sprint Race

William W – P4- Screwed up and loaded the Q set before the race. Realized with 30 seconds to go and couldn’t get back to the grid in time. Started from pit lane line about 26th. Aided by a couple wrecks to get up through the field, but could only get up to 4th eventually. First time i’ve struggled with one of these GO Setups, just couldn’t get the understeer out of it.

Elbows Out Racing League (LMP2 and GT3 Wednesday Nights)

William- P3 – Qualified P2 and fell to 3rd with the pit cycle. Had nothing for P1, Gage is just too fast, but P2-5 rode nose to tail until pit stops started. Pace in the top 7 or so is just insane, and I don’t think anyone in the top 5 made a single mistake until the very end. Focus required here had me tired by the end of the race. Traffic, LMP2 and blue flagged GT3 is a bit rough here, it happens to everyone, but probably cost me getting back around new P2 for the position while he was on cold tires. Not sure I could have kept him behind anyway. Definitely one of the better races I’ve had in a while. Really liking this league in my second season.

MEC – Road America 12HR

Will, Brad and William – P19 – Our podium at Watkins guaranteed us in top split, and we were honestly a little out of our depth here. Depending on who was in the cars the SOF of the field ranged from 4-5K with many 7-9k drivers in. We were one of 3 or 4 pro am cars in the split, with the rest being pro. We got turned going down the straight into T5 on the first lap, minimal damage and the other team got a drive thru. Seems like there’s been 1 or 2 teams that have caused issues in each of these races, and that stayed true here. That car hit us twice and a different car caused 80% of the safety cars before they retired the car. Brad and Will had fantastic stints in the rain, good job there. We had one other small oopsie that caused us time in the pits, but minimal damage again. With about 2 hours left in the race Brad had a DC that put us a lap down before I could get into the car after it kicked him out. I felt like I had good pace when I got in the car, but we didn’t see a safety car in the last 3 hours, so 19th was as high as we could get back without anyone else having major issues. Had fun, definitely looking forward to the next season, where hopefully our luck will be better.

Hosted-

Ellis – P Chris McGuire hosted 87 that Talladega qualified 17th out of 39. Got as high as two got wrecked near the end.
- COT car at Talladega qualified 23rd out of 41

Final Thoughts

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Brad Wrenn – https://x.com/bradwrenn

John Kerley – https://x.com/KerleyJohnE

Justin Pearson – https://www.facebook.com/justin.pearson.5811

Bobby Jonas – https://x.com/bjonas71

William Westbrook – https://www.facebook.com/william.westbrook.35

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July 17, 2026July 17, 2026

Episode 0541

7/16/2026 – Hot Skillet Lickers – Episode 0541

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show: motion from Cammus?, why don’t we have the choose cone?, faster NASCAR pitstops, 2026 Season 3 Patch 3 release notes, what’s the go to motion system?, another iRacing special event ruined and what has happened to the eNASCAR Coke Series?

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Topics

Why Is It Missing?

NASCAR 26 Soundtrack

INDYCAR Early 2027

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-announce-launch-plan-for-indycar-game

It Happened Again…Why?

Not Clear!

Go To The Pits

iRacing Challenge

New Superspeedway Package

Classic Lotus At The Green Hell

2026 Season 3 Patch 3 Release Notes

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/98175/2026-season-3-patch-3-release-notes-2026-07-10-04

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/98221/2026-season-3-patch-3-hotfix-1-release-notes-2026-07-14-02#latest

Protestable?

Mt. Washington Soap Box Derby

Make Divisions Better

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/98073/make-divisions-better

Quicker Or Just Sped Up?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/98189/next-gen-pit-crews-are-zooming

Embarrassing

The Race Haus

2026 Season 4 Build Thread

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/97433/2026-season-4-build-thread-content-list-confirmations-rumors/p1

Where Is The Choose Cone?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/98196/where-choose-cone

2026 Sim Gaming Expo

September 18 – 20, 2026

Time attack will begin on July 27th and end on August 10th.

Knoxville Nationals

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/98227/iracing-presents-2026-knoxville-nationals

Road America 6 HR

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/98226/2026-iracing-road-america-6-hour

Brickyard 400

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-july-14th-to-july-20th-2026/

Podcast Housekeeping

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Fantasy

Hardware/Software

Chad McNeese’s Ultimate Hardware Spreadsheet

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1i08zKjBSmSn5G_mCc9cHx07w7XLo03sfoytpVJkqbYk/edit?usp=sharing

AMD For The Win

New RTX Card Coming

V8 Supercar Styled Shifter

Motion For Mike

Not For Everyone

Conspit CSD: Nano

Sabelt SRX Seat

Conspit CHS Shifter

The Go To Motion

Simucube=Abnormal?

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – NiS – Echo Park Speedway

Mike- P wrecked out was just biting my time running around seventh and a guy in front of me to spawn on his own and took out the whole field four minutes damage I didn’t have the heart to finish

Wednesday Open -NiS – North Wilkesboro

Mike- P started 23rd moved up to the top 10 pretty quick but then got destroyed on a restart and eight minutes damaged DNF
Chris – P7. The outside line had speed and I could drive my way up. Took a few bumps to give me 16X. I said “Screw it, go for it”. We ended with a 50 lap green run and I drove it home P7. Thank You to Sim Wraps for the Wrangler Themed paint.
David – P
Brad- P31 Started p8 and went right up into the top 5. While we did have a bunch of cautions there was some good racing up front. I would stay at the front till just past lap 100 when I decided to take tires. That had me back in traffic and man was it frustrating. I was trying to take my time to get back to the front and made a mistake. When picking up the throttle coming off of turn two the car got loose and I tried to correct and it snapped to the right and killed the right front. I had no steering and then went and killed the left front. Glad that I did not collect anyone else or bring out a caution. The set from Premier is super fast, just the nut behind the wheel made a mistake.

Official Series

Classic Lotus Grand Prix

Mike– P in the rain at the green hell starting 14th out of 17th. The race starts they pile up in front of me. I have nowhere to go. I’m destroyed before I even get to the start line.
- Then started first, but it was dry, but I quickly fell the fifth because I am not fast compared to these other guys round lap two out of six. I screwed up and wrecked into the wall DNF.

Ring Meister

Mike – P it’s the Dalarra IL 15 formula car. Started fifth quickly got the third but got dumped from behind in the first breaking zone DNF.
- Started 14th got the second by the end of lap one I had a slow spin by myself. I recovered the third and then brought it home winner winner, chicken dinner we will take it. Career win number 158 BB

League / Hosted Races

Grass Roots Racing

GTP/GT3 League – Imola Sprint Race

Brad W – P14 I threw away a p6 finish because I just suck at picking up off tracks here. This reminds me of the old Spa when it first came out. The limits are really tight and I was over driving the car trying to stay at the front. Hit the track limits and had a drive through coming to the white flag. Not in it for ints this season but just hate throwing away a good finish.

Final Thoughts

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July 10, 2026July 10, 2026

Episode 0540

7/9/2026 – Flopping Like A Fish – Episode 0540

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show: Cube Controls new wheel is revealed, more ways to waste Mike’s money, are you using the new Control Profiles?, sim racing tips for the older racers, Sim Gaming Expo news galore, do sim racers really need a carbon fiber seat?, is this the best FOV calculator and a price increase from iRacing….you’ve been warned, stay off the forums.

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It’s Broken

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Drafting Changes Coming

Tips For The Older Racers

Subaru To Tackle Mt. Washington

Paid To Play

Remove From Steam?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/97708/please-remove-iracing-from-steam

Control Profiles

New Chassis For USF Pro 2000 In 2028

Price Increase

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/98007/iracing-subscription-pricing-update-july-2026

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/98011/raising-subscription-to-improve-p-l-is-maybe-not-the-best-move-for-the-customers-present-and-future

Throttle And Threads

2026 Sim Gaming Expo

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Mercedes Motorsports Virtual Championship Returns

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Fire Cracker Summer Classic

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Spa 24

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This Week In iRacing

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Chad McNeese’s Ultimate Hardware Spreadsheet

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Next Level ES3 Seats

His And Hers

Swing Door For Your Rig

VRS Direct Force GT-2

Phoenix: On Pre-Order Now

Moradness Aura Pro Merica Gloves

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Coanda Esports Pedals

Waste Mike’s Money

https://www.sparco-official.com/en/cooling-vest

Sim Labs GTSL Pro: Pre-order

Simple FOV Calculator

Spec Sim Rigs

But Will It Get Them Lined Up Right?

MOZA Killed Their Own Wheel?

Wasting More Of Mike’s Money

https://venustas.com/products/icyloop-dual-cooling-vest

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – NiS – Chicagoland

Mike- P21- had a fast car went up through the field several times as high as third place at one point but with about 30 to go I got destroyed when I wrecked on my own getting loose about five minutes damage just tried to bring it home from there finish P 21
David – P2. avoided the trouble. Had good long run speed, but the last run was 70 laps and with it getting split in half by the leaders I just didn’t have enough new tire speed to keep up with the leader. He would come back after 40 laps, but our last stint was only 35. Relieved to get a podium, but irritated from the previous two runs and this was a track i had a shot at a win.
Justin – P3
Tony -P wrecked out was on the inside of a car coming out of 2 and he wiggled and i got net coded right in the back wall
Brad- P7 Started p20. Somewhat of a sloppy race. I was caught up in multiple incidents that were not of my making but was able to come away with a p7. That helped to make up for the DNF from Wednesday.
Steven – P wrecked out

Sunday Open- NiS – Chicagoland

Tony – P3 fast again stayed in top 5 all race. Turns 1&2 were just tighter than have been all week. Restarted 3rd on final gwc. Was 2nd on white and pushed it a little hard in 2 and caught the wall. It’s been a fun and a fast PRS set.

Wednesday Open -NiS – Echo Park Speedway

Mike- P wrecked out was involved in three major incidents and finally didn’t walk away from it. I did have one run where I went from 25th to 10th up the middle between the two lanes and like three laps super fun.
Tony -P14 I hate new Lanta. Such shit racing. Whoever designed this repave with the tri oval needs to be dragged out back and hung upside down and gutted. Pretty much stayed in top 5 most of the race til about 10 to ago caught a spinning car got damage fixed and
Chris – P20. P20, P23, P24 in my last 3 NiS starts after running solid Top 5 and 10 all 3 races. It is frustrating and a gut punch but… that is racing sometimes. Got to keep wheeling it and the bad luck will stop sometime.
David – P wrecked by a guy passing below the red line
Brad- P1 WINNER..WINNER! I started p15 and would make my way to the top 5 pretty early. This race felt like it was going to be very tame for an Atlanta race, until it wasn’t. I would get collected in multiple wrecks that would happen directly in front of me. Had the first one missed till I was hit from behind. Unfortunately I could not avoid teammate Chris Waldron when the car ahead of him was turned. I would end up with 12x before the natural GWC. I restarted in p5 and stayed in the bottom lane. The leaders would get together coming out of T4 coming to the checkered. That allowed me to slip under and a healthy push from the car behind would give me the .002 margin over P2 for the win. Really thought this was going to be a winless NiS year but glad to grab the W!

Thursday Open -NiS – Echo Park Speedway

Tony – P2 avoided all the l wrecks to stay up front and even led some laps but just didn’t have any help on the 2nd GWC.
David – P5, got damaged by another guy trying to pass under the line, but made it through the carnage at the end. Something has to be done about people going below the red line to try to pass. You should not have to just hold your ground and let them wreck you to make it a protest able maneuver.

Official Series

A Fixed

Mike- P DNF qualified P8 out of 26. Got to fifth pretty quick, by halfway to the lead for a bit, then running about fifth on the outside guy in front of me just twist in a circle and wipes us all out, dnf.

Ring Meister

Mike – P2 GT4 started at ninth. Quickly made my way up to P2 about 3 1/2 seconds behind the leader. He was faster though and gap me up to eight seconds at the end P2.
- Started fifth leader got away quick second was holding us up for a bit before he went off by time I got to second place. He was four seconds out by the end of the second lap. He was eight seconds out. I’ll be getting frustrated. Never gonna win in this car so I ended up actually missing the corner and killing the car. DNF.

League / Hosted Races

Hosted-

Ellis – P GTO 90 @Mount Washington time attack got the P2. Only 9.2 seconds off of P1. Which I had ChatGPT tell me that’s 2.8%.
- Next knight got to within 1/10 of the winter
- I kept plugging and I finally did it. I beat him by about 3 1/2 seconds with a five minute 21.8 second. P1.

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July 3, 2026July 3, 2026

Episode 0539

7/8/2026 – Man Crush – Episode 0539

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show: we ride along with Zalenski, more Sim Gaming Expo updates, another Simucube 3 Ultimate review, was the MOZA Mbooster a big mistake?, are paying customers now beta testers?, a new Stream Deck plugin and is Week 13 the best place for a special event?

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Cosworth Free For Spa24

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R-E-S-P-E-C-T

The RWD Record

Why?

How To Have Two Spotters

Is SVG Ready For F1?

iRacing Pro Jersey

Ride Along With Bobby

Changes Are Needed

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/97750/inproper-pit-lane-driving-is-not-protestable-even-if-they-wreck-someone-as-a-result

Bound To Happen

Outlaw Motor Speedway: Open For Business

Week 13 Special Event?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/96491/suzuka-1000km-is-in-week-13

Wait You Must

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/97512/spa-24h-official-post

2026 Sim Gaming Expo

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Mercedes Motorsports Virtual Championship Returns

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Fire Cracker Summer Classic

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Fire Cracker 400

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Spa 24

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FIA F4 Global Championship Returns

This Week In iRacing

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But Wait

The Phoenix Is Rising

James Baldwin Asks…Necessary?

Is This The Real Reason?

A Monster Setup

UniTorque Vanta-F

21R-P1X

One Year Later

A Pricing Problem

Operation-al Support From DNR

This Trend Needs To Stop

Throttle Cut-Off?

DNR Stream Deck Plugin

Display Dash Update

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – NiS – Sonoma

Mike- P wrecked out, got dumped in the air pan again from behind and then I wrecked out later on cause I was frustrated
Chris- P – DNF. Wrecked taking the lead with 2 to go.
Tony -P3 led 63 laps had fastest lap but killed the right front after 25 laps
Brad- P17 Top Split again. Never really had any issues in this race. I let the fast guys go and kept it very clean with only one 1x. I will say that the car definitely felt better this year on the road courses than it did last year.
Steven – P13 ran top 7 the whole race started P3 first green white checker. A dummy pulled down in front of me before the start line I ran into the back of him and spun out. He pulled down as soon as it went green.
Kyle – P3 stayed top 10 and just ran my ass off for the last 12 laps.

Sunday Open- NiS – Sonoma

Tony – P5 ran ok. Stayed on track and away from wrecks. I think this is my best road finish in the next gen ever. Something clicked with me last week on how I brake which carried over to Sonoma. But glad this is the last road course of the year

Wednesday Open -NiS – Chicagoland

Mike- P wrecked out I was in the first caution got my damage fixed went from the back to the front as high as P4 just passed halfway car with a rocket ship, but I got a little loose that over corrected and it’s stuffed into the wall DNF
Tony -P3 ah back to oval racing. Ran a great race. Jumped to lead early and pretty much ran my front right off after ½ way through a run and losing the lead. Ended up leading 63 laps even had fastest lap. But was about 15 laps short of having a win with me not able to save my right front. Felt good to actually have a good race
Kyle – P3 Started P10 and just ran a fast consistent race. Setup was crazy fast. I’ll take my podium P3.
David – P18 , had a top five car. Late caution by dumbass back markers, then 2 guys stay out with 40 lap old tires wreck each other on the restart, i don’t hit them but have to stop and fall from 5th to 18th.
Brad- P 32. Started 18th and had driven into the top 10 within the first 15 laps. There was a spinner on the front stretch and I tried to go to the apron to avoid him but did not get low enough and he came down. Too much damage, we’re done.

Thursday Open -NiS – Chicagoland

David – P19, had a leading car, wrecked at the end by a someone who might be seeing me if i continue iracing

Official Series

Toyota GR 86cup Series fixed

Mike- p last at Summit point started 16 out of 18. Had moved up to at least 11th, but then got into some trouble and actually turned on the light and finished dead last.
- Top split. Start a 15th out of 19.
Super Formula Lights
Mike – P okayama- wrecked out

BMW M2 cup at Outlon park

Ellis– P6 start a 10th out of 12 Made my way to finish P6
- Then start 10th and finish P7
- Send me switch tracks to Road Atlanta and I get wrecked out

A Open

Brad W – P27 Wrecked out early. I tried to clear myself coming off on turn 2. I thought I had room but did not. On me but had I been the guy behind me I probably would have lifted. Being that it was early in the race.

League / Hosted Races

Grass Roots Racing

GTP/GT3 League – Spa – Endurance Race

William W – P1 Put it on the pole and didn’t look back. 90 minute race. I thought I was going to run away, but 2nd place kept me honest once the gap got to about 3 seconds. Had one scary moment coming out of Stavelot, but otherwise just focused on keeping it clean. 2 in a row.
Brad W – P7 I had decent speed but nothing for Westbrook. Still trying to get myself comfortable in the McLaren but finding pace. Week one was bad but making progress each week.

Elbows Out Racing League (LMP2 and GT3 Wednesday Nights)

William- P3 Spa Man the racing up top here is something. Weaver put it on the pole by .05 over me and we rode 1-2 nose to tail until the traffic started. Was about 3 seconds back after traffic and kept that until the pit. Almost had team mate on team mate violence when Pax GTP driver JD Daniel locked the brakes in the bus stop, but no harm no foul. However later the LMP2 traffic was absolutely atrocious. Hit by at least 3 different ones at different parts of the race. With about 8 laps to go I got into a battle with another GT3 for 3rd. Some of the best, tightest racing i’ve had on the service. Words won’t do it justice, so I’ll post a video of it later on discord. Traffic caused havoc again and I fell to 4th but third place spun with 4 to go and I gained the position. 3rd is a great finish here, but feel a little let down at the same time. Weaver picked up a nice P2 after leading a majority of the race.

Broken Wing Racing League (GT3 Only)

William – P14 Motegi Picked up a GT3 single class series to scratch the non-multiclass itch. Lots of fast guys at the top here. I don’t have a lot of laps at Motegi, and I’m struggling a little bit to adapt to the open qualifying we do here. Started P24 and made it to 14 though so not bad. Missed the podcast last week but went from 20-10. I maybe have pace for top 7 here, but gotta figure qualifying out. Moving through the field in 45 minutes is quite tough.

Hosted-

Ellis – P carb cup got wrecked out at Charlotte
- Pick up cup at Charlotte

Final Thoughts

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June 26, 2026June 26, 2026

Episode 0538

6/25/2025 – Low Hanging Fruit – Episode 0538

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show: how many newton meters do you really need?, a Nvidia GPU upgrade guide, Coke Series drama from Dover, multiclass starts…soon?, Watkins Glen 6 Hour mayhem, do you need an iRacing plugin for your Stream Deck?, what happened with the Simagic Zeus launch? and why was iRacing crucial for last weeks NASCAR race.

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Topics

Is It A Gentlemen’s Agreement?

Driven: Zack Novack

Taking The Fight To Max

Trading Paints By The Numbers

We’re Done, To Much Damage

So Close

Bad Rejoin!

iRacing = Better

18 Years…

Any Easter Eggs?

Qualcomm Onboard

Kimi Gets A New Rig

2026 Season 3 Patch 2 Release Notes

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/97398/2026-season-3-patch-2-release-notes-2026-06-24-02#latest

Tighten Up!

Video Dev Blog

More #SOON

Team Boss

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/97325/introducing-teamboss-your-simracing-team-manager-launching-saturday-june-27-2026

Wilson Wins At Dover

https://www.iracing.com/steven-wilson-adds-19th-career-enascar-coca-cola-iracing-championship-series-win-at-dover/

Coke Series Drama

Past Champion Finished?

2026 Sim Gaming Expo

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Fire Cracker Summer Classic

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Fire Cracker 400

This Week In iRacing

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It’s Back

No One Needs 28NM

Zeus: What Happened?

Smart Rev-Mathcing?

Will This Run iRacing?

iRace Deck

Is It Upgrade Time?

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Oktane Designs Shifters

A Lot Of Cats In China

Not Normal?

4 DOF By Dem Tech

More Phoenix Images

JJ Spotter Pack Update

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Coming To Europe

Not Practical

Sim Panel Button Boxes

Best Base Ever?

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – NiS – Coronado

David – P2. Really surprised by this result. Something just click and I was also good at staying off the walls. The leader was in his own league though and lapped everyone.

Wednesday Open -NiS – Sonoma

Mike- P DNF. Started a 22nd quickly made my way up to P 16 before in the hairpin I checked for a little bit of a check up in front of me. A guy ran right through the back of me and wiped out about four or five cars I lost all my spots back to P 22 drove it back up to 19th only to spin on my own and kill the car with 14 to go
Tony -P12 started in the back made my way up to 10th just before half way wentboff track to avoid a spinner and didn’t realize i had a slow down til too late which turned into a black flag. Served the 41 second penalty while pitted and my car only took left side tires so had to pit again for rights. Overall i actually finished a road race for the first time I can remember. Think i might of found how to brake in this car properly
Kyle – P9 Started P16 and just ran my own race. Kept all 4 corners clean and only went off track 4 times. Late race mistake caused me to give P8 and just brought it home P9.
Chris – P1 at Sonoma! Qualified P3 in the Waldron’s Furniture/iRacers Lounge Chevy Camaro. The polesitter checked out early before crashing, and after pit strategy put me back out front, the leader exited pit road right in front of me but pushed too hard on cold tires and crashed. From there, I just hit my marks, kept the car clean, and drove away to a 12-second victory. A huge thank you to Premier Racing Setups for another winning setup and Sim Wraps for the great-looking red Chevy Camaro!
David – P12. Fell to 26th early from a few small mistakes and just being more careful that others, worked my way back up through survival.
Brad- P made 3 laps. Started p16 and just after crossing the line two guys to my inside get together and come across the track. No where for me to go, damage to the front and then get turned into the inside wall. Get going dead last and make it two more laps before some yahoo decides to make a very unsafe rejoin. He literally drives into the right side of my car and yells at me for not using the whole track to avoid him…REALLY? Here’s your protest. Enjoy.
Adam- P1

Thursday Open -NiS – Sonoma

Tony – P9 only 68 people signed up for this session and think thats the lowest ive ever seen a nis race. Q’d 10th stayed out of trouble got lapped 3 times. Avoided wrecks off tracks were my only Xs again. Slow but steady
Chris – P2

Official Series

C-OPEN

Tony- P8 & P12 its Daytona week in the trucks so tried to do some farming. Got yelled at and was told how I should drive when I switched lanes by a car and half gap by a 800ir C class driver. STFU

Ring Meister

Mike – P eight in the Mustang FR 500 S at the ring start 10th got up to six try to get around the guy in front of me. He ran me off. I was able to save it but lost all my spots.
- Wrecked out was running from fifth clear up to second the leader was seven seconds out but faster than me and then I lost a spotter too, and I was getting too greedy and wrecked it DNF
- P3 started P4 in top split. They were definitely faster than me. Top three got away far away, but I was the best of the rest and one guy had a problem so I went up to third.
- Then I started third and top split but wrecked at the top of the hill and couldn’t get it turned around, so dnf

IMSA

Brad W – P15 (Watkins-Top Split) Finished where I started. The race was pretty tame but the SOF swing was huge. I was car 36 out of 41. Extremely outclassed. I was surprised not to have a larger field on Sunday night.

GT Sprint Simucube Series

Brad – P10 (Watkins). Started p15 and kept it clean the whole race. I’m going to try and do more of these with the intent on making my in class GT3 racing better for IMSA. The racing is usually very aggressive in this series and I think that can help my race craft.

League / Hosted Races

Grass Roots Racing

GTP/GT3 League – Sebring – Sprint Race

William W – P1
Brad W – P7 after starting P9. Finally put a whole race together. I felt like I had a good pace for where I was running. For once the chaos happened behind me. Looking forward to a good season in GRR.

Hosted-

Ellis – P pick up top at Daytona started 15th the entire field wrecked and turned two. I went to the grass to miss it. Only three cars survived the big wreck. I was able to go on and win the race.
- Then carburetor cup Adega started fifth was leading the most laps leading on the White. They got a big run on the outside and got by me, but I went up and made a new middle and kind of pushed my way through and won the race.

Final Thoughts

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June 18, 2026June 19, 2026

Episode 0537

6/18/2026 – More Expensive Than Therapy – Episode 0537

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show: The hardware guru, Chad McNeese visits the lounge, what happened to separate pace cars for multicast race starts?, big updates for the Sim Gaming Expo, the Simucube 3 Ultimate is here, the FIA is seeking a new sim racing partner, it’s week one and we already have patch notes and how are NASCAR drivers prepping for Coronado?

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Topics

Getting Reps

2026 Season 3 Patch 1 Notes

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/96916/2026-season-3-patch-1-release-notes-2026-06-12-02

Laguna Seca Re-built

Um, iRacing?

Turn Zero Sim Racing, CA

2026 Season 2 By The Numbers

#SOON

Side By Side Racing

Maximize Your Space

https://www.facebook.com/groups/462008792802545/permalink/1316222244047858/?mibextid=wwXIfr&rdid=MyllQ3oG0XNbur9i#

Series Specific Regulations

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/97084/series-specific-regulations-quick-reference/p1

Who Steps Up?

https://traxion.gg/fia-formally-seeking-esports-partners-for-officially-sanctioned-sim-racing-championships

Is Noob Still A Thing?

Zalenski Wins At Coronado

https://www.iracing.com/bobby-zalenski-earns-inaugural-enascar-coca-cola-iracing-championship-series-victory-at-naval-base-coronado

A Reason For The Hobby

https://boxthislap.org/busy-dads-are-quietly-transforming-sim-racing-forever/

2026 Sim Gaming Expo

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Watkins Glen 6 Hour

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Fire Cracker Summer Classic

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New Smyrna Speedway iRacing Series

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This Week In iRacing

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Chad McNeese’s Ultimate Hardware Spreadsheet

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Phoenix Is Getting Closer

Changed Sim Racing, Forever?

Mercedes F1 Cockpit By Sim-Labs

Reach A Little Deeper Into Your Wallet

DGX Station For Windows

It Has Arrived

Spend Mike’s Money

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – NiS – Pocono

Mike- P wrecked out early
David – P 20, was just slow, couldn’t pass or hold position
Tony -P29 wrecked out early. Caught when 2 cars decided to make love to each other couldn’t avoid
Brad- P Big wreck – was having an ok race but the car got loose getting into T3 and when I tried to save it, it hooked to the right. I think this was one of the more violent hits that I have had. Other drivers were commenting on it right after it happened. Almost sounded like the radio chatter after the Elliott/Bell wreck at Michigan.

Sunday Open- NiS – Pocono

David – P11 basically just had to not pit and play for track position, once single file no one passed
Joe – P2

Sunday Fixed- NiS – Pocono

Mike- P wrecked out at the very end. Had a alternate fuel strategy going put it under green with 36 to go with one other guy shortly after the caution came out we cycled up to the front but that I had a guy come across my nose and give me slight damage and I faded back to 11th before I got destroyed and then tried to limp at home. I got destroyed again and two subsequent cautions.

Wednesday Open -NiS – Coronado

Mike- P.4
Tony -P24 made it through til over drove into redbull wall
Chris – P2
David – P 5, stayed clean, gained a lot of sr, surprised by this result
Brad- P11 – Top Split. I was nowhere near the speed of the other drivers but I did not wreck as much as they did. This was the ultimate, just keep it on the track. I had more issues with the second set of tire stacks. That was the one area that gave me the most trouble all of the race. The track is very challenging but really cool at the same time. If I had to choose, I would go back to Chicago over this. Probably one and done for me this week.

Thursday Open -NiS – Coronado

Chris – P2

Official Series

Ring Meister

Mike – P1. And the GT threes I get it done in the first attempt of the season winner winner chicken dinner started third and was able to stay there as the 2 L were faster than me. I had no hope but they ended up crashing each other out at the end of the long street and I was able to keep on trucking on for the win
- Tried to go for two in a row, started on first position, but he got by me quick and drove away and ended up in a good battle for a second and was able to keep it at P2

League / Hosted Races

Grass Roots Racing

GTP/GT3 League – Watkins Glen – Sprint Race

Brad W – P wrecked out, twice. Never made it through the esses on lap one. We had a big bobble out of turn one and I started to think about making a pass on the car ahead but the driver behind looked to be making it three wide so I tried to tuck back in but was turned and from then on I think half of the GT3 field was collected. I took my tow back to the pits and my fast repair. Came out p28 and started to try and climb back. I was up to p25 and battling for position in turn 1 but would lose the car while making a pass on the inside. A big impact into the armco so I called it a night. Not a great way to start Season 8.

Hosted-

Ellis – P ran the week 13 Coronado GEN seven got a PS five hit the wall quite a bit, but still finished
- Then started sixth and finished P3
- Then started second led some laps, but another guy got by me and I finish P2.

Final Thoughts

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June 12, 2026June 12, 2026

Episode 0536

6/11/2026 – Grab My Knob – Episode 0536

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show: It’s week 13 so that means it’s build week, why we need updated rules and more realism, 2026 Season 3 release notes, Jorge Anzaldo from the Sim Gaming Expo stops by for a visit, Conspit signature series revealed, and Sim Lab’s direct drive update and sim racing psychology.

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Topics

Speed Teaser

The New M2

BMW M Hybrid V8 Evo

Week 13 Schedule

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-2026-season-2-week-13-schedule-released/

San Diego First Look

Simracing Psychology

Track Updates

Updated To Current Rules?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/96367/can-we-get-the-cars-updated-to-the-current-rules

Euro NASCAR

We Need Realism

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/96651/please-increase-pit-stop-speed-for-next-gen

Majors 24 By The Numbers

Having Issues?

2026 Season 3 Release Notes

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-2026-season-3-is-here

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/96438/2026-season-3-initial-release-notes-2026-06-09-01

2026 Season 3 Preliminary Schedule

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/96479/2026-season-3-preliminary-schedule-pdf

Invincible?

iRacing Downshift

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-downshift-68-the-2026-season-3-build-show

2026 Sim Gaming Expo

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Watkins Glen 6 Hour

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Signature Edition

Simlab Direct Drive Spotting

VPG Mission Sim Wheel

All In One

Getting Clearer

The End May Not Be As Near

Does It Include A Wind Sim?

Aiologs Sequential Shifter

Who Or What Is The 1%?

$4 Million Simulator For Free?

Not Normal!

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – NiS – Michigan

Mike- P16. Started in the back got in one caution with a little bit of damage went to the back again, but I’ve come up through the field twice. Took the lead on some alternative fuel strategy around lap 35 and was able to keep it right up till about five to go where they finally got a run on me and I drifted up into a guy a little bit and he wrecked and gave it to me verbally over the radio from that point forward. He would not stop. Next restart I get loose and fall back into the field rally up to P 16.
Tony -P26 caught in a wreck as usual
Brad- P15 What a mess of a race. Forgot to change the set from qual to race so chased the car all race. Was involved in multiple wrecks, one caused by me from getting tight under another car coming off T4. Was never able to get the feel that I needed in the car.
Kyle – P24 Started on the pole but couldn’t hold it long and dropped quickly to the top 15. Raced my way back towards the front and kept it clean. Coming to 2 to go P4 snaps loose and then snaps back into me sending me into the outside wall and ruining my top 5 finish.

Sunday Open- NiS – Michigan

Tony – P33 man felt fast again. Got tagged while going down to avoid a wreck and did the most Spartacus set barrel rolls down the front stretch ended my week of hometown track

Wednesday Open -NiS – Pocono

Mike- P1- winner winner chicken dinner going into this race and throughout I didn’t think I actually had a chance to win but with some good strategy cycled myself up to the front and ran around the top five stayed out once I had put it in that fuel window and it stayed up front as the caution cycled on the last lap. He got to my inside through the tunnel turn, but I wanted the outside and unable to pull him through three and win the race by a couple of car links. Win number 156 second win this year in NIS 30th NIS win.
Justin – P wrecked out
Tony -P10 should’ve ran the loser set. Was fast but burnt my right front up too much. Was cruising into a 4th with 2 to go a rage quitter stopped on the track and caused 2 gwc. 1st gwc got ran into the wall giving me damage and 2nd gwc just barely held on. Only had 4 cautions with a 56 lap run in the middle of em
Chris – P wrecked out real early
David – P Gremlins. Something really weird went and the first time i pitted, my SRA audio, which was working in practice, stopped working, so I sped. Also i got no countdown to the pit so I missed my pit. I then also noticed that the visual spotter for JRT was no longer working. I tried restarted JRT, no fix. Next restart I locked up the brakes avoid a crash and ended up in the wall with 7 min damage. It wouldn’t turn going 5 mph. So i decided to just fix it and go ahead and reboot to see if I could solve the problems. Reboot did not fix. Visual spotter and SRA sound still not working. At some point during another caution I get a stop and hold for entering a closed pit. Not to worried, but I couldn’t get it drop from 40sec to 15sec cause the left tires change box would not turn off, even though I was out of left tires. So I now also had infinite left tires but has to server the 40 sec penalty. Race over I immediately go to a practice server and JRT is now working. So something was borked in that particular race server.
Brad- P10 Felt like I was at Martinsville. 14 yellows for 43 laps under caution. I think the longest run we had was about 6 laps. Guys just driving over their heads. Had someone literally drive through me in the tunnel turn and I somehow did not destroy the car. Was able to get back towards the front as the race was winding down but not enough green flag laps to make a charge. The worst part is the leader ran 58 laps on a tank of gas and still had 8 laps in the tank after taking the checkered. Not looking forward to doing it again on Friday.

Thursday Open -NiS – Pocono

Tony – P2 ran the loser set this time and stayed in top 5 most of the race. Did the 2 tires and adjustments with a 4 to go restart. Went early great run for a lap than got super tight in 2 and knocked the wall down giving up the lead. Oh well
David – P3 – two tires

Official Series

League / Hosted Races

Major Series – Major 24 at La Mans

David & Tom & Gregg from the Paddock – P2. Might be one that got away. As we had 3 major incidents, 2 on us, 1 on another. Still made it to the end with a lot of others getting caught up in worse messes. 3 of the GT3 teams got busted for sandbagging.

Hosted-

Ellis – P ran several pick up cups at Daytona was wrecked out and all of them
- Then gen 7 at Coronado. Made it four laps first lap 15th to 8th was doing pretty good and then I finally over drove it and stuffed it in the wall.
- That again moved from 13th to 4th and the first lap made it to lap five before I stuffed it in the wall
- Third attempt started at 10th made it to fifth on the first lap and then eventually actually finish the race. P3. Nice podium will take it very fun track.

Final Thoughts

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June 5, 2026June 5, 2026

Episode 0535

6/4/2026 – Beer for AI – Episode 0535

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show: 2026 Season 3 build teasers, Ascher Racing gets personal, new wheels from Cube Controls and Sim Lab?, five sim racing tips in five minutes, Laguna Seca melt down, more Nvidia news, ambient lighting made easy and a cure for your racing thirsts.

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Topics

Dynamic Track Maps

Call The Waambulance

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/96116/the-laguna-seca-rescan-problem

Built-In Fuel Calculator

iRacing Physics Critique

Europe’s Top 5

BMW M Hybrid Evo

Outlaw Motor Speedway-Ohio

https://outlawsimracing.com/

Stats4i.racing

https://stats4i.racing/dashboard

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/96186/fancy-some-statistics-from-your-iracing-career

5 Tips In 5 Minutes

Fourth On All Time Wins List

https://www.iracing.com/steven-wilson-takes-sole-possession-of-fourth-on-all-time-enascar-coca-cola-iracing-championship-series-wins-list-with-no-18-at-echopark/

Year Number Three

2026 Sim Gaming Expo

September 18 – 20, 2026

Watkins Glen 6 Hour

Majors 24

https://majorsseries.com/event/2026-majors-242026

Shop vs Shop

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-june-2nd-to-june-8th-2026/

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Ascher Gets Personal

Tektrama

https://tektrama.com/collections/all

Good Bye Old Friend

Phoenix: Coming Soon

New Shifter From Conspit

Can You Guess The Name?

Pre-Orders Open

PXN Vectors

Is Futuristic Your Style?

Windows Powered By Nvidia

https://www.axios.com/2026/05/30/nvidia-microsoft-pcs-ai-surface-dell

You Spoke, They Listened

Fully Automatic Ambient Lighting

Dem Racing Simulators

Spend Mike’s Money

Online Profiles Are Back

NASCAR HOF Approved

Keep It Clean

Watch First

New Shifter From Asetek Racing

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – NiS – Nashville

Mike- P7- had a pretty good race had a couple of moments but pretty much kept the car under me. This time we even had green flag stops and I finished a respectable P7 after not finishing for about three weeks.
David – P wrecked, unavoidable
Justin – P1, They tried to do their best to wreck me but we came out with the victory. Had to drive my little heart out for this one. Been on a roll lately won the 600 last week too. BW thanks for the paint. It looks alot better with those win stickers on it. & Mikey thanks for the support on the box in that race!!! Miss ya KFB
Tony -P35 wrecked out early some bull
Brad- P6 A much better race than Wednesday. I ran in the top 5 most of the race but a late caution and missed adjustments cost me the top 5 that I had going. Seems like the aggressive driving has continued to ramp up each week as double digit cautions counts are not fun.

Sunday Open- NiS – Nashville

David – P13, fade late, then everyone else wrecked
Tony – P28 same song, different dance. Caught in wreck

Wednesday Open -NiS – Michigan

Mike- P3 had a good run came up through the field a couple times ran top five took the lead with 20 to go was leading with just a few to go and the guy on the bottom in second came up into me put me back to 20th I march my way back up to finish P3 if I had five more laps I could’ve won. Great podium finish.
Tony -P6 been looking forward this race all year. Home track and what a up and down through the field 3 times leading laps fun time. Slowed for a wreck and got arca braked in the rear. Through the field 1st time. Was aero slammed into the wall of velcro and lost tons of spots which was through the field again. This is where i got the lead and ended up losing it out of 4 in the grass saving it and to the back I went. Through the field 3rd time. Was battling for the lead had the lead down the back into 3 on the white and was just hit by a asshole and just about wrecks me. I dont think i wanted to punch a baby seal more. Had a fire set will try it again. Also shout out to Jeff Kempf for a podcast love in the race
David – P20, caught up in usual crap, 7 minutes damage, finished with 20 seconds of damage
Brad- P9 after starting P9. Another week of guys really driving over their heads (12 cautions). Collected in two wrecks as both would send me to the rear. Fought back to the front and it was looking like a nice run to the end and a p7 finish but with under 10 to go a yellow. Would restart in p7 but would get bottled up coming off T2 on the last lap. Tried to regain the spots through turns 3 and 4 but could not keep the power down. The Premier Racing sets are really good this week just need some longer runs to let things play out.

Thursday Open -NiS – Michigan

David – P3 – two tires

Official Series

A Open

Brad W – P17 (Michigan) after running towards the front all race. Much better race with only three cautions but would get wrecked on the white flag by one of the usual suspects. Nothing like giving someone the entire first lane and they still can’t hold their line. Yes you know who you are.

Ring Meister

Mike – P2 –GT fours started 10th quickly got up to fifth got as high as third before I T-bone the guy I had damaged with soldier onto finish p2
- P3 starting first but made several mistakes, including spinning on my own as the leader, but still fought for the podium and made it that back up there. P3.
- Started second stayed with the leader we swapped back-and-forth for most of the race before I screwed up and wrecked out DNF
- Started first, but wrecked out while leading in lap one completely missed the corner and killed the wall
- Started First was Squirrley a few times lost the lead legit fell back the second we had a good three car battle going, but then I just blew it and killed the car. Missed the corner. I’m not a fan of these GT cars and I think I’m gonna park it for the week with a good finish of a P2.
- Started first made a few mistakes, kept it on the road though finish P2.

League / Hosted Races

Grass Roots Racing

GTP/GT3 League – Road America Endurance Race

William W – P1!! Finished the season off on a high note. It was either feast or famine this season. From the beginning it looked like a 3 horse race. Qualified 3rd and ran there until Weaver had issues. Spent the next bit swapping the lead with P1. Was able to get around for good on the second pitstop and brought it home from there. One of my favorite tracks never disappoints. GT3 Pro class saw a bit of a participation decline this season so if you know some friends that are in that bracket please send them my way. Great schedule next season, can’t wait to start.
Brad W – P I suck. Loaded the wrong set for qualifying, had a good last lap going but dropped a wheel off. I started the race and realized I underfueled the car (endurance not sprint race). Got through the first stop and was back to about p10 when I lost it coming out of Canada Corner with about 35 minutes to go. Never really had a chance this season as work had me out of town for a bunch of the races. I am looking forward to next season though.

Elbows Out Racing League (LMP2 and GT3 Wednesday Nights)

William- P4 – Road America. The pace of the top 6 or 7 drivers in the pro class here is truly insane. Any of them can win a race in a given night. Qualified 6th, got to 5th and 2nd to 5th literally rode within 1 second of each other for 40 minutes even with traffic. Differing pit strategies separated us a little in the second stint. Came out of pits 3 seconds back of 3rd and ran him down with 10 min to go. Tried a move into Canada with 3 laps to go and just went slightly too deep. Tapped him in the rear and spun him around. Knew it was my fault so waited on him to get going and we both lost a spot to 5th. He missed his braking marker into 5 on the last lap so gained a position and brought it home 4th. Finished 3rd in the championship here. Can’t wait for the next season here either as the schedule is just as good as GRR.

Major Series – 2hrs at the Glen